---
type: "Bill"
title: "establishing reciprocity for notaries in abutting states."
description: "establishing reciprocity for notaries in abutting states."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 256"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 256 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 17
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2018-12-27"
last_action: "2019-06-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4848c9fe-148d-4a4a-8084-790b2d74494f"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_Status/bill_status.aspx?lsr=0360&sy=2019&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2019"
source_hash: "57c522a659bec62fd25758350c815830af129b08891e1d39049d19fd9f4fac25"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-nh"]
---

# New Hampshire HB 256 (2019) — establishing reciprocity for notaries in abutting states.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Amendment #2019-0098h** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/billText.aspx?sy=2019&id=2019-0098h&txtFormat=amend)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2018-12-27** Introduced 01/02/2019 and referred to Judiciary HJ 2 P. 43 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-01-03** Public Hearing: 01/15/2019 10:00 am LOB208
- **2019-01-09** ==CANCELLED== Executive Session: 01/22/2019 01:00 pm LOB 208
- **2019-01-16** Subcommittee Work Session: 01/23/2019 09:00 am LOB 208
- **2019-02-05** ==RESCHEDULED== Executive Session: 02/12/2019 10:00 am LOB 208
- **2019-02-14** Majority Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2019-0098h (NT) for 02/27/2019 (Vote 16-3; RC) HC 13 P. 31 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-14** Minority Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate
- **2019-02-28** Special Order to 03/07/2019 Without Objection HJ 7 P. 62
- **2019-03-07** Amendment # 2019-0098h: AA VV 03/07/2019 HJ 8 P. 46
- **2019-03-07** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2019-0098h: MA DV 343-2 03/07/2019 HJ 8 P. 46 `passage`
- **2019-03-19** Introduced 03/14/2019 and Referred to Judiciary; SJ 9 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-04-11** Hearing: 04/16/2019, Room 100, SH, 10:00 am; SC 18
- **2019-04-25** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 05/02/2019; Vote 5-0; CC SC 20 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-02** Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 05/02/2019; SJ 15 `passage`
- **2019-05-16** Enrolled (In recess 05/15/2019); SJ 17
- **2019-05-16** Enrolled 05/08/2019 HJ 15 P. 101
- **2019-06-11** Signed by Governor Sununu 06/05/2019; Chapter 47; Eff: 08/04/2019 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4848c9fe-148d-4a4a-8084-790b2d74494f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).